Hame-clip



(No Model.)

P. PENNER.

HAMB CLIP.

No. 407,834. Patented July 30, 1889.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER PENNER, OF MCCOOK, NEBRASKA.

HAM E-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,834, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed May 1, 1889. Serial No. 309,185. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER PENNER, a-citizen of the United States, residing at McCook, in the county of Red Willow and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Olips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.'

The invention relates to clips which connect the hame-tug with the hame-staple on harness.

The special object is to make the clip so that the wear on itself and on the staple may be taken up without weakening the clip, and so that the wearing-piece or bearing may be securely held in its place.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the clip ready for use; Fig. 2, a cross-section on the dotted line m a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a cross-section on line g1 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents a hame-staple, and 13 the clip which connects it with the tugpiece 0. the latter being riveted between the arms Z) Z), or held by screws.

I am aware that Patent No. 384,085, to Russell, granted June 5, 188 8, describes a clip in which the wear is taken up by a roller on a pivot between two forks or prongs, but in practice the pivot is liable to break or be drawn out by the draft-strain; hence I make my clip in one solid piece, the arms I) b and connecting curve I) being integral, so as to effectually resist the draft-strain. I also make two opposite plates'h 19 which project inwardly, so as to form the grooves 12 b between them. In these grooves I arrange a bearing-piece or wearing-stripD, which may be made of cork, leather, soft metal, or other suitable substance. This bearing is very easily put in or taken out, and is securely held in place by the plates 19 b hence the wear on the staple A and clip B is taken up without weakening the staple and without the use of a bolt, pivot, or roll, being thus quite a saving in the relative cost, while it is .done more effectually.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hame-clip constructed with the arms I) Z), curved part b',plates b 11 and provided with the wearingstrip D, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER PENNER.

\Vitnesses:

O. J. SMYTH, WM. J. PAUL. 

